The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Russia spreading 'disinformation' on Ukraine planning attacks, Kyiv says

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Friday accused Russia of spreading disinformation that Kyiv planned to launch attacks in eastern Ukraine or sabotage chemical plans in the region.

Reuters · Feb 18, 2022

EU mulls new measures against Belarus, withdrew some staff from Kyiv - sources

The European Union is considering new restrictive measures to close loopholes on existing sanctions against Belarus, diplomats said, an issue that is likely to come up at a meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers on Monday.

Reuters · Feb 18, 2022

Pro-Russia rebels evacuate civilians from east Ukraine as the West fears imminent invasion

US and UK warn that Moscow may use increased shelling in eastern Ukraine as a ‘pretext’ to invade

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022

As it happened: Russia-backed rebels evacuate civilians in east Ukraine

Several Russian infantry units returned to their bases in Dagestan and Chechnya after completing drills in Crimea, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s defence ministry as saying on Friday. Pro-Russian separatists accused the Ukrainian military of shelling in eastern Ukraine, while Ukraine’s military said it has recorded dozens of ceasefire…

France 24 · Feb 18, 2022

Analysis: Trump is giving Biden a pass as Russia threatens Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has mostly given President Joe Biden a pass over Russia’s flirtation with invading Ukraine and possibly installing a puppet government in Kyiv.

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2022

Here's Your Casus Belli: A Missing Piece In The Lead Up To A Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Falls Into Place. Investment Implications Of War In Ukraine.

The Motherland monument in Kiev. Zeynep Elif Özdemir/Pexels A Missing Piece Falls Into Place One of the objections to claims that Russia would invade Ukraine earlier this week was the lack of a casus belli for the Russian people. Clint Ehrlich made this point on Twitter, 

Benzinga · Feb 17, 2022

Russian disinformation kicks into high gear as Ukraine crisis drags on

KYIV, Ukraine — To hear Russian media tell it, the government of Ukraine is run by neo-Nazis waging a genocidal campaign against ethnic Russians in the country’s east, where Moscow-backed authorities regularly uncover mass graves full of the corpses of women and children with bound hands and bludgeoned heads even…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2022

‘Relieved’ London couple back home after long wait for baby’s passport in Ukraine

Ben and Alice Garratt are back in the capital with baby Raphael after a nervous seven weeks in Kiev

Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2022

Ukraine and rebel region trade shelling allegations

Kyiv and its allies say Moscow could use an incident in the separatist conflict as justification for an invasion.

Al Jazeera · Feb 17, 2022

UK couple ‘relieved’ to be home after long wait for baby’s passport in Ukraine

Ben and Alice Garratt are back in the UK with baby Raphael after a nervous seven weeks in Kyiv.

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022